The local sporting community had an exciting few days as the country welcomed the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach OLY, to Barbados’ shores from March 8-10. Barbados, which he commended for its enthusiasm and commitment to…
The future of sports in Barbados, gender disparity in sports, duty-free access to sports equipment, the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, and a proposal to make road tennis an Olympic sport were among the topics discussed Thursday…
The President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach OLY, is set to visit Barbados from March 8 to 10 as part of an official tour of Central America and the Caribbean. On this inaugural visit to the island,…
Have you thought about boosting your coaching skills and improving coaching provision at home and beyond? Denise Alleyne has done just that. Here, she explains how her empowering mission to get more women into coaching in Barbados has been supported…
Julia Broome has been accepted to participate in the Executive Masters in Sport Organisations Management (MEMOS) XXV Programme, which runs from August 2022 to September 2023. MEMOS seeks to develop the knowledge of professionals working in national or international sports bodies in…
The pioneering “IOC Certificate: Safeguarding Officer in Sport” course, designed to help protect athletes’ safety, successfully concluded its first edition. The 69 students from 38 countries across all 5 continents who enrolled in the inaugural course expressed great satisfaction, with 97.5 per cent of them rating its…
When the virtual 61st International Session for Young Participants, hosted by the International Olympic Academy (IOA) gets underway this Friday, September 17, The Barbados Olympic Association Inc. (BOA) will be proudly represented by Rohansonn Waithe, Treasurer of the Barbados Chess…
Those attending the inaugural National Session for Young Participants (NSYP), are guaranteed to receive the tools to help build a solid foundation for their pathway in sport, when it kicks off this Saturday, August 14, 2021 at the Garfield Sobers…
Dionne Haynes, Vice President of the Barbados Badminton Association is the fifth Barbadian to be selected for the MEMOS (Executive Masters in Sports Organisations Management) programme. The programme, sponsored by the International Olympic Committee through an Olympic Solidarity scholarship, is…
Whoever said that small does not matter; that people from small islands of the Caribbean cannot hold lofty aspirations and achieve them? Dreams do come true! Wednesday 21 July 2021, would forever be a ‘red letter’ day for the Caribbean…
The full Barbados contingent (athletes & officials) to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics had their pre-games meeting on Tuesday. Apart from the usual protocol & games business discussions from the Chef de Mission, the team also heard from the Olympic Movement…
Nearly 2,000 athletes’ commission members registered to participate virtually in the 10th International Athletes’ Forum, the largest-ever athlete representative event, which ran from 26 to 27 May. Athletes’ commission members from 199 National Olympic Committees (NOCs), all summer and winter Olympic…
The Department of Sports Organization and Management of the Faculty of Human Movement and Quality of Life Sciences of the University of Peloponnese with the support of the International Olympic Academy organizes for the Academic year of 2021-2022 the Master’s…
THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (IOC) AND THE INTERNATIONAL PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE (IPC) WERE TODAY INFORMED BY THE JAPANESE PARTIES IN THE FIVE-PARTIES MEETING ABOUT THEIR CONCLUSION REGARDING OVERSEAS SPECTATORS AT THE OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES TOKYO 2020 THIS SUMMER. FOR THE…
Olympic champion Thomas Bach has been re-elected for an additional four-year term as President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). At the 137th IOC Session held virtually today, the 67-year-old German received 93 yes and 1 no votes from the 94…